At the beginning, Yang Guang thought that he only needed to levy 2 million people to complete the construction of the Eastern Capital and the digging of the Grand Canal, but after half a year, the number of people who only built the Eastern Capital was no less than 3.6 million, and the number of people who dug the Grand Canal also reached 3 million. For a time, the world was boiling.

When Yang Guang ascended the throne, Yang Jian's five sons, the crown prince Yang Yong and Yang Jun were imprisoned to death, Yang Xiu was imprisoned by Yang Guang design, and there was still one youngest son, Yang Liang, who was guarding in Taiyuan. In order to eliminate future troubles, Yang Guang issued an edict to let Yang Liang enter Beijing.

Yang Liang was very clear about what happened to his brothers, and he also knew that if he entered Beijing, he would definitely die, so he asked a strategist to discuss countermeasures.

Confidant Wang Kui said: "Now the emperor has first ascended to the great treasure, and he is not considerate of the first emperor's love for the people, but instead expropriates and builds a large number of buildings, the world is boiling, and there are rumors that the first emperor was killed and died, and now brothers are killing each other, which is really rare." In order to see and hear the truth, His Royal Highness should be the king of soldiers. ”

Yang Liang said worriedly: "Although what you said is good, but now that Yang Guang has ascended to the throne, how can we make the world respond?" ”

Wang Kui said: "The minister suggested that Yang Guang's murder of his father and mother and other crimes be announced, and we will directly raise troops and lead troops to attack the capital, the capital is not far from us, and there are not many defenders. ”

Although Yang Liang was moved, he was not worried: "Once this method works, it can be decided in a battle, but after all, our troops are limited, if we don't attack the capital for a long time, we will undoubtedly fall into a desperate situation." ”

General Pei Wen'an said: "If our troops are divided into two routes, one is led by the prince himself, and the capital is taken directly with lightning speed, and the minister leads all the way to attack Hebei, Shandong and other places, so that we can occupy the main grain producing areas in the north, and we can also obtain most of the population and replenish the soldiers, if the king loses all the way, we can also compete with the imperial court." ”

Yang Liang was overjoyed when he heard this, and suddenly sent a four-way army to capture Hebei, Shandong, Henan and other places, and he himself led the army to take the capital directly.

Just as Yang Liang's army passed all the way and killed Pujindu, Yang Liang hesitated here because the progress of the other armies was not smooth and smooth, Wang Kui and Pei Wenan repeatedly advised, imploring to send troops to the capital quickly, but Yang Liang avoided it.

In the capital, Yang Guang heard that Yang Liang had rebelled, and was furious, and ordered Yang Su to be the governor of the thief, personally lead 5,000 elite horsemen, and kill Pujindu.

Yang Liang Chen soldiers north of the Yellow River, planning to row the river and rule, and divide troops to guard each key pass.

Seeing that the imperial army was about to be killed, Pei Wen'an forcibly broke into the big tent and said to Yang Liang: "Your Highness, since you have decided to raise troops, you should move forward, and now our army has been wandering here for a long time, and most of our soldiers' relatives are west of Hangu Pass, if you can't lead them to protect their relatives, it will be unfavorable to the army, and I am afraid that it will be difficult to rule by rowing the river." ”

Although Yang Liang was unhappy in his heart, he still explained: "I have ordered that the other four armies will move closer to this place in time, as long as we concentrate on defeating Yang Su's army, then the imperial court will have to accept the fact of rowing the river and ruling it, you don't need to say more, go and prepare." ”

Seeing that Yang Liang had made up his mind, Pei Wenan had to go to Wang Kui to discuss.

Before the results were discussed, I heard a report from the sentry: "The imperial army has reached the south bank, and the Yellow River is being strengthened upstream, and the ferry has been lost." ”

Yang Liang was taken aback when he heard the report, because the other armies had not yet arrived, and his 10,000 men were definitely not enough for Yang Su, the veteran general of the battlefield, to plug his teeth, and he had no intention of recapturing the ferry, so he immediately led his troops to retreat, and on the other hand, he ordered Zhao Zikai, the general who stayed in Taiyuan, to lead his troops to build a defense line in Shiling County, fifty miles south of Taiyuan.

Yang Su crossed the Yellow River, and saw that Yang Liang had abandoned the pass, and he was not in a hurry, and after waiting for the follow-up army to arrive in Pujindu, he gathered more than 40,000 horse-foot archers and killed Shiling County.

In the next round, Yang Su broke through Shiling County, killed Zhao Zikai under the horse, and the 30,000 army was annihilated and absorbed, Yang Su continued to lead the army north, approaching Taiyuan.

Yang Liang hurriedly summoned Wang Kui and Pei Wenan to discuss countermeasures, but now in the face of the imperial army, there is no land to defend, and there is no popular support available, so the only way to fight.

So Yang Liang sent Pei Wenan to lead an army to meet Yang Su in Fenyang County.

Originally, Pei Wen'an had already made a plan to live and die with the city, but suddenly encountered heavy rain from the sky, and the supply of grain and grass was difficult, Yang Liang still planned to run away at this time, thanks to Wang Kui who stopped him: "Your Highness, although Yang Su is brave and good at fighting, but they are far away, they will inevitably be sleepy and lacking, we should gather all our troops and fight against them, we will definitely win a big victory." ”

Yang Liang was already timid and afraid of things, and this time he decided to raise troops because he had no way to live, so he decided to be hot-headed, and now he regrets it deeply, although he was persuaded by Wang Kui, but secretly he was still preparing for running away.

Pei Wen'an received the secret report that Yang Liang was about to run away, and suddenly felt a sense of desolation, considering Yang Su's prestige, and seeing that the general trend had gone, as soon as Yang Su led the army to the city, he opened the city and surrendered.

Hearing this, Yang Liang shouted: "Wang Kui misunderstood me!" ”

After that, he fled into Taiyuan City overnight, and Yang Su's army arrived in an instant, surrounding Taiyuan and making it impassable.

Not long after Yang Liang was alone in the lonely city, he opened the door and surrendered. From the rebellion to be pacified, it took only a little more than a month, which sounded the alarm for some people with ulterior motives, although the emperor has no way, but the general trend of the world has not been fundamentally reversed, and the people's will is still on the side of the court.

After Yang Liang's rebellion was put down, he was escorted to Beijing and beheaded for public display. After this incident, Yang Guang's ambition was great, but for the sake of stability in the rear, he immediately decided to move the capital to Luoyang, ordered the construction of Luoyang to be completed within three months, and at the same time transferred the emperor's prince Li Yuan to stay in Taiyuan and go to the town of Taiyuan.

As soon as this order came out, the labor in the world became heavier, and in order to complete the emperor's order on time, the people worked day and night, and more than half of the people died of exhaustion, and the world was panicked.